Wilfon also spoke with Ronnie Deaton, who was one of Maddox’s best friends. He served as best man at the young officer’s wedding.

“(I’m in) total disbelief. Shock couldn’t really put any words to it,” Deaton said about the death of his friend. “He was the life of the party, to say the least. When we graduated, we never would have thought he would be a police officer.”

Deaton told Wilfon that Maddox’s wife is expecting their second son any day now – a child who will never know his father.